Coordination and subordination: the test
Multiple choice test
Why is So that I could see his footsteps the snow was fresh on the ground wrong?
- Because so that is a coordinator and cannot be fronted
- Because the direction of causality is mistaken
- Because so that is a subordinator and cannot be fronted
- Because it should be ... the snow was so fresh on the ground that ...
Why is She stayed at home so it was raining wrong but It was raining so she stayed at home correct?
- Because although the conjunction is a coordinator, this is semantically impossible
- Because although the conjunction is a subordinator, this is semantically impossible
- Because the conjunction is only a coordinator when it refers to cause and effect
- Because the conjunction should be because of in this case
Two independent clauses can only be joined by ...
- coordination
- subordination
- linking
- attachment
In She left the money on the kitchen table before she went out and the boy took it we have:
- One main clause and two coordinated subordinate clauses
- Two coordinated clauses and one subordinated clause
- Three coordinated clauses
- Three subordinated clauses
In Because John was alone we invited him for dinner but he didn't want to come we have:
- One subordinate clause and two coordinated clauses
- Two subordinated clauses and one coordinated clause
- Three coordinated clauses
- Three subordinated clauses
In Not wearing a tie will mean they won't let you in we have:
- A non-finite verb form acting as a conditional subordinator
- A coordinated sentence of two clauses
- A simple sentence with no subordination
- A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
In The car broke down and that was why I was late we have:
- A relative adverb phrase acting to subordinate
- A relative pronoun phrase acting to subordinate
- A relative adverbial phrase acting to coordinate
- A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
In In order to catch the bus he hurried down the road we have:
- A preposition acting to subordinate
- A preposition acting to coordinate
- A complex subordinating conjunction
- A coordinating conjunction
In So that she could see, she stood on a box we have:
- A fronted subordinator
- A fronted coordinator
- A compound sentence
- A compound-complex sentence
In Tired, miserable, wet, we waited for the bus we have:
- Asyndectic coordination
- Asyndectic subordination
- A missing subordinator
- A subordinated clause